> a recent-ish study that compared test performance of various minority/gender groups... You are referring to the idea of "stereotype threat" which, alas, did

> a recent-ish study that compared test performance of various minority/gender groups... You are referring to the idea of "stereotype threat" which, alas, did not survive the replication crisis. Quote "After correcting for publication bias, this literature shows very little evidence that stereotype threat has a notable and practically significant effect on women’s math performance (Flore & Wicherts, 2014)." Some analysis: https://replicationindex.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/hidden-figures-replication-failures-in-the-stereotype-threat-literature/ https://replicationindex.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/hidden-fig... Direct study link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514...